Security and Human Rights, Counter-terrorism and the United Nations

In this brief, Amnesty International considers the impact of terrorism on human rights, examines UN work on counter-terrorism, notably of the Security Council, and conducts a brief review of the type of human rights violations committed in the pursuit of counter-terrorism measures, citing a range of country examples from every region of the world.

While counter-terrorism policies in numerous countries have led to human rights violations well before 2001, the «war on terror» launched by the United States of America (USA) in the wake of the 11 September 2001 attacks has had world-wide repercussions. It has undermined the rule of law and international standards and poses significant challenges to the protection of human rights worldwide in numerous countries of the world today. Amnesty International’s brief survey of countries all over the world

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Security and Human Rights, Counter-terrorism and the United Nations